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St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

is very swell and exclusive and is conducted
upon the English plan. They have fine
club house on Sixth avenue, where they go
to play CT to meet socially and sometimes
they invite their friends to witness the play
ing and enjoy the hospitalities of the club.
The racket courts in the club house are two
rectangular wells about 40 feet long, 25
wide and 80 deep. The walls and floor are
covered with asphalt and are smooth and
hard and without projections or irregulari
ties of shape. A balcony for spectators
overlooks each court The club employs
two or three expert English professionals
to give instruction and take care of the
courts. One of these professionals is Al
bert Wright, who, on the 14th of last No
vember, easily defeatedsHarr Boakes, the
champion aver of Quebec. Wright also
easily defeated Albert Bridger, of Montreal,
who had won match from Edward Mahon,
another of the professionals employed by
the Racquette club. Among the club play
ers P. Allen holds the championship.
having won it last year in the tournament.
Six members are entered this year in the
series of games for the Travers-Stuyve-
SAINT cup. Mr.. Wright says: ''The game
of rackets is undoubtedly an outgrowth
of the old game of hand-ball, which iSvery
popular in Ireland as well as England. In
rackets. instead of using the hand to drive
the ball. we employ a bat similar to
that used in lawn tennis, the difference
being that the head is circular and the
handle several inches longer. The man
ner of playing is this: Two players take
their places in the spaces marked out for
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
THE WOMAN'S GLOBE.
A Distinguished Dakotian Discourses
Upon the Arbitrariness Of Dame
Fashion.
Vagaries of the Feminine Toilet, From
Pantalette to the Low-Cut
Dress.
erroneous Impression That the StY-
Hsh High Hat is Proper for the
Theater.
Some New Inventions in the Way of
Hats and Gowns for Charm
ing Wearers

Why. Joe. dear old boy, is that your
Sit down and let's try to be jolly,
I've been feeling confoundedly blue
oyou're on your way down to see Polly?
Cigar? These are good. Here's light.
(I'm afraid it's a vice past repressing)
Draw up to the fire. A cool night;
And d fire with a friend)s rare blessing
How're you been since the ball?-I'm at sea
To know what I'll do when you're married.
Io-morr ow's the day-and to me
1t seems all my hopes have miscarried.
You know we had planned a snug den
Which we Two together should dwell in;
Where released from the boredom of men
wed escape, too, each troublesome Helen.
"L'homme propose''-Don't quote it. I know
''Tis love makes the world go' at college
we sang supposeit is so;
But, you know, can't speak from knowl-
edge.
''Get wife for myself?'' Heavens! Joe,
should have to look up my profession,
am destined to hoe the old row
Past any attempt at progression.
Hard luck this, old fellow. You smile,
Forgive my nonsensical chatter.
L said Lets be jolly"-the while
I've been grumbling. 1 truly don't fatter.
Not going? o, Polly expects you,
And you won't disappont her. You re right.
(My secret there no one suspects.) You
Are happy. God bless you. Good night!
(After Joes departure.)
God bless him, dear fellow, but more
God bless his sweet wife. May he prove he
True husband.
And now shut the door
On vain dreamings
God! how love herl
Edgar Irving Brenner.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

Rollo books, and that I had nearly died of
laughter the first timeI saw Little Emily
at the theater when the MicawDer twins
came In with those white Hopping things
hanging below their short dresses. She
said there was reason for the fashion for
pantalets, as there is for every decree of
fashion. People had begun to think it
more sensible to put short dresses on chill
dren rather than long gowns reaching below
their ankles, and to make the costume mod
est the extra coverings for the limbs were
Invented. But the presence of tight band
was Objectionable on account of its discom-
fort, and the remedy to this led to the next
step III the evolution of the present lower
undergarment. TO the outside of the broad
rutfie was attached the base of long, acute
angle triangle of cloth. This triangle eX-
tended up to the waist. where it
was buttoned to the chemise. This relieved
the pressure from the band, but. as the
| support was onesided, it caused the ruffie
to hang unevenly at times. The only
| remedy for this seemed to be the adoption
| of the present form in which the whole of
the lower portion of the body is covered.
| For long time, if anybody dared dream of
such an innovation she dared not speak of
it, and when at last the bounds were leaped
by some courageous female who donned the
| first drawers, was wonderful hue and cry,
compared to which anything in the history
OF modern reforms is as nothing. "Women
wear garments like men.' ''WOmen trying
to get into trOusers!" Horror! Shame!'
But somehow the storm was Weathered and
the reform prevailed
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

out of mind and they are the best patrons
of the public alleys. Nothing will cure
headache quicker than an hours play with
the balls and pins. Cooked hat game
played with three pins, is the favorite with
those who play for fun and exer-
else. They roll a small ball. weigh
ing from three to six pounds, which permits
greater activity and quicker delivery than
the eighteen Founders allow. and do not ad-
here closely to the rules. Some men who
care nothing for the fine points of the game
but want to getrup perspirarion to take off
superfiuous weight. hire an alley by the
hour and roll the balls as fast as they can
without having pins set up. 1t is a common
thing in one of the big bowling establish
ments to see some stout old party banging
away with great vigor at nothing in partic-
ular, stopping only to give the boy chance
to send down a fresh supply of ammuni-
ton. All sorts of queer styles and atti-
tudes are seen when party of old boys are
having an evenings frOlic on an alley, and
boisterous hilarity prevails. A great many
gentlemen have alleys in their houses and
take their exercise at home with their fami-
lies and friends. Cornelius Vanderbilt. for
example. has two alleys in his house on
Fifth avenue, and keeps in good health by
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

an ace OF one point If the in player fails,
he is put out. the scorer calling ''hand out, !"
and changes places with his opponent.
Fifteen points constitutes a game, unless
the score is tied at 13 or IA. in which case
the out player may call for or more
aces 20 win, which is termed ''Setting the
game" Rackets is about the livelieSt game
played and requires great agility. quicknesS
of eye and hand, accurate Judgment and
prompt action. A man whose muscles are
slow to respond to his will, or one who is
not promptly decisive and quick in forming
plan OF action. cannot play the game.
Sometimes the ball rebounds clear across
the court above the players head. He
must judge instantly where it will strike,
how far it will return and with what speed,
and he must turn in time to catch itwith
bac k-handed sweep and send it flying to
the wall. Or perhaps the action
OF his opponent indicates a low throw.
and he must spring forward ten, fifteen or
twenty feet to get the ball on short re-
bound. There is no rest for him, The
game is all action and to one not initiated
it is bewildering. 1t brings into play very
near all the muscles. as it necessitates run
ming, jumping and striking in all imagin-
able ways. The left arm, however is not
uScu, anu HAL WHO pays TdchetS 1Or EA-
ercise or development needs some gymna-
SUM apparatus to supply the deficiency.
Here we have rowing machines, chest
weights and clubs for that purpose. The
game is excellent for taking the extra flesh
off, and some of the stout gentlemen play
it for that purpose. 1t keeps the instruct
ors, who play at intervals all through the
day with members who want to exercise. as
thin as rails. We do not require any other
training But it is good healthful. ath-
letic sport, and it requires so much skill ard
science to play well that it never ceases to
be interesting"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

bowling regularly. Women are beginning
to take interest in the game, and
have organized regular bowling clubs
and play match games. Proprietors
| of alleys sometimes object to letting ladies
play because they are apt to loft the balls
and injure the alleys. When they play
without corsets. however, and can bend
over enough to roll a ball instead of drop
ping it from the heigth of the knee. no OBJ
jections are made. Good bowling requires
perfect freedom of action and women who
play in rational attire soon find that the ex-
ercise strengthens them asd renders corsets
unnecessary. No game In which women
can conveniently engage is more beneficial
or more useful as a means of physical de-
velOpment and culture. Bowling is pecul-
iarly an amateurs game because it offers
few inducements to the professional. 1t
would be difficult for man to make his
living by bowling. The game was made
standard sport i'll 1875 by the formation of
the National Bowling association by eleven
clubs of New Y ork and Brooklyn. Dur
ing the past two years hundreds of clubs
have been formed all over the country, and
innumerable matches and tourna-
ments are now held during the
winter for valuable prizes. 1t is not
so easy to make full score of fen strikes,
counting 300 points, on seventy-foot alley
with regulation balls and pins as it used to
be on the fortyfoot alleys. For club of
five men 1000 points, or an average of
200 per man. is good string and is seldom
made. 1t is safe to assume that larger
scores reported in the papers are made Oh
short alleys and not under association rules.
Many athletic and social club houses are
provided with alleys for the use of men,
bers, and indeed no athletic club is COM
plete without alleys. Clubs organizing
solely for bowling find it less expensive to
hire public alleys for practice and for tourn-
aments than to build for themselves, and
usually they can get the free use of
alleys for Matches as proprietors are
always anxious to attract custom and
encourage interest in the game. Occasion
ally the expert and athletic bowlers achieve
great feats of strength and endurance. such
as rolling over a hundred strings consecu-
lively, involving the handling and delivery
of between 2. 200 and 8. 900 balls, or rolling
for fourteen hours steadily.
Another imported game that is acquiring
some popularity, but is not played as much
by the general public yet, is raquette. or
rackets. 1t originated in France and was
adopted in England long time ago. 1t
has been played so long by John Bull that
it is now practically an English game. In
New York a number of gentlemen, who be-
came acquitted with the merits of the game
abroad, have organized raquette club that
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
BOWLING AND RACKETS
The Game of Nine-Pins Popular in Ger
many, England and Holland for
Centuries.
How Yankee Ingenuity Oircumvented an
Old Blue Law by Adding an
Extra Pin.
Ladies Who Practice Bowling Do Not
Generally Feel the Need of
CorSetS.
The English Game of Rackets Grow.
ing in Favor--How the Game
is Played.
BOWLING AND RACKETS
Special Correspondence of the Globe

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Probably no mus
cular sport has increased more in popularity
within the past two or three years than
bowling. 1t is an ancient German game,
and has been played i'll the Faderland for
nobody knows how many centuries. 1t
found its way to Holland and to England,
and in Shakespeare's time was a fayorite
pastime with the sturdy British yeomen.
When the Knickerbockers .settled on Man
haitian island they brought their nine-pins
and bowls and amused themselves on sum-
mer afternoons by knocking down pins on
the green near the battery. They kept a
piece of ground level and smooth and
rolled the balls Oh the turf, and unless the
Dutchmen were unusually skillfuI. strikes
probably were rare. The little park where
the Knickerbockers played retains to this
day the name of Bowling Green The
Germans have played nine pins so long that
it has become their national game, and
every beer garden has its alley. When
balls are rolled over the ground perfect
accuracy is impossible. and therefore
the Germans introduced the improve
ment of the smooth wooden alley The
common form Of alley in Germany is differ
erent from that familiar to Americans. 1t
is long plankway about foot in width,
terminating at one point of diamond
shaped platform, upon which the nine pins
are set. These alleys are out of doors, and
although provided with covers that can be
placed over them when it rains, they are
affected by the weather and get warped out
of line and level to some extent. The mar
rOwneSs OF the alley also. limits the posi-
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
THE Low CUT DRESS.
Frea ks of the Wearing Apparel of
Pretty Women

About as curious dialogue to watch was
one at Tuxedo between the Rev. DR.. Nor
gan Dix, rector OF modish Trinity parish,
and the wife of young millionare, writes a
New York correspondent. 1t was at ball
in the club house. Mrs. Millionaire wore
one of the low corsages that the minister
had the previous Sunday preached so furi-
ously against. The handsome lady's arms
and shoulders cleaned smooth and bare in
the gas light, and she chatted in easy grace
as she smiled up into the aScetic face of the
divine and his urbanity was not visibly
disturbed; but l wonder if what they were
thinking corfesponded with what they were
saying.
As matter of fact, the season started
with marked reform of coFsages at the
opera. the line of cover being raised an
average OF two or three inches over that of
last year; but night after night it slowly
fell, and with the first of the winter balls it
took distinct drop, until now it has
reached the former depression. In the way
of dress. Boston is constantly trying to
teach New York how to reform. Women
from your city are constantly at work here
in this field. How funny that all improve.
ments have to be forced upon the world!
We are continually harassed with demands
for reform in dress, and as continually re-
fusing to accept the innovations. and from
all that / can learn our ancestors were all
the time doing the same.
My grandmother has been telling me
something about how the present style in
women's undergarments came into vogue.
When she was child, she said. no one
wore any lower underclothes except stock
ings. After awhile there came fashion
for pantalets. which consisted simply of a
broad ruffie fastened by a tight band just
below the knees. Children used to have
two sets-white ones for best, and yellow
nankeen or calico for every day wear. She
tried to describe how they looked. but told
her that | had seen pictures of them in the
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
OLD DOG JOHN TOOK THE TRAIN
what AsfOnished u Hunter Who
Thought HIS Dog at Home.

what AsfOnished u Hunter Who
Thought HIS Dog at Home.
''Talking about dogs" said Col. Bond, of
South Water street, according to the Chi
cago Herald, ST used to have a railroad
dog named John who was a regular curl
osity. John was raised by an engineer Oh
the Burlington wheE the trains of that
road used to run into the depot at the foot
of Lake street. The dog regularly accom-
panied his master on his runs. sometimes in
the engine cab and sometimes in the bag
gage car. He had great love for rail
roads and cars, and whenever anything
went wrong with him he started straight
for the Illinois Central depot, probably to
get consolation from the train men, who
always made great pet of him.
''One day John Watson and L were get
ting ready to go off on hunt. We packed
up our guns, bags, jackets and other ac-
cOutrements. including fishing rods, etc.
Old John was standing around, looking on
with glee and wagging his tail. Watson
asked me if L intended to take John along.
and l replied no-that he would have to
stay at home this time. Old Johns tail
instantly dropped between his legs, and he
hung around almost with tears in his eyes,
watching the guns and things as they were
loaded into wagon at the front door.
When we were ready to start old John
was nowhere to be found. 1 thought he
had gone off and laid down some
where to pout it out. We got on board the
train and began our journey, not thinking
of old John.
when the train stopped at Aurora l
went forward to see how my dogs were
getting along in the baggage car. Imagine
my surprise when l found old John there
with the Others looking at me as roguish
as you please out of the corner of his eye.
You see, he knew that we were going to
take a train, and started off to the only de-
pot he knew anything about. and got
aboard the first train he came to. 1t hap
pened to be our train. The baggageman
said that when John first arrived he skunk
into corner of the car behind trunk and
refused to come out and be comforted.
When | went into the car with my other
dogs he laid low and never made his pres
ence known to me till we had got so far
away from Chicago that l couldn't send
him back. Old John went with us on that
hunting trip and many more thereafter. l
finally lost him and L suppose he ran off
with some railroad man. A locomotive
had strange fascination for him."
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

them on the floor of the court, and one of
them serves the ball by throwing it with
his racket against the end wall. A line is
painted on the wall at the height of about
ten feet, and the ball must strike above that
line in serving. 1t must also rebound be-
yond line that divides the floor of the
court midway and within the space occu-
pied by the other plOyer. A hard ball.
about as large as an English walnut, is
used. The ball must be caught on the
first bound from the floor and returned
against the wall. when the first player
again tries to get it. After the serving
stroke, the positions within the marked
spaces are not maintained, and the playing
is all over the court. The object of each
player is to make the ball rebound
so that his opponent cannot reach it on the
first bound, or if he reaches it cannot send
it fairly back against the wall. If the out
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Street Next to MiSsiSSlDDi
River.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WoRKs
CITY OF ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. Is. 1887
Sealed bids will be received by the Board ~
Public Works in and for the corporation ~
the City OF st. Paul. Minnesota, at their office
in said city until II m on the 3lst dov re
January, A. D. 1881 for the grazing os ~
street lying next to the Mississippi river to
width of sixty-six (66) feet from Chesfnrt
street to James street, i'll said city, accor5;no
to plans and specifications on file in the of4ioe
of said Board. ohice
A bond with at least two (2) spreties g.,
sum of at least twenty coy per cent. ne tha
gross amount bid must accompany each bf6
The said Board reserves the right to reiao.
any and all bids. e'eeI
Official: esioenI
r. L GoRMAN, Clei Board of Public VOL.
1929 ~.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
precept and Examp,e.

eff you dare to play marbles for keeps
again" said Mr.. Hustlescamp to his oldest
boy, "I'll whip you within an inch of your
life" And then Mr.. Hustlescamp went on
Change, and lifted up his voice at the call
board and raised his hand and shook it in
the air, and got red in the face as he cried:
''Sixty-seven! Sixty-seven, for $50 900
cash on July! Put up or shut up! Sixty
seven cents a bushel. cash. "-H Hartford
Sunday Journal.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
She Wanted 1o seI Her signatnre

Great Amateur Actress Ito servant)-
How stupid of you, Bridget! L told you
that was not to be at home to anybody.
Bridget-But the gintleman sed, mum,
that he is the largest soap manufacturer in
the country.
Great Amateur Actress (hastily)-Oh!
tell the gentleman will be down at once.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
THE DOODLE BoRDERLAND.

Over the border I'm waiting to go.
Brief is my pilgrimage here;
Meier will my bosom pure happiness know
Until for that haven l steer.
I have burden fain would lie down,
Weary and worn is my heart:
Sadly 1 creep through the pitiess town
Eager am l to depart.
All of life's nectar has soured on my lip
Why should / murmur and stay?
I've got the bank Doodle and packed in my
grip
And I'm off to Canadyi
Cleveland Sun.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
hat He rayed For.
Rambler.

6SmDler.
NIother-Did you pray in your Sunday
school to-day, Johnny?
Johnny-Yes, mamma.
Mother-That's a good little boy; al ways
pray in Sunday school.
Father-But what did you pray for?
JOHNNY prayed for it to let out
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
Sympathy for the BuIgarians.

1.-The Bulgarians want king very bad.
but somehow or other they can't get one, -
said member of the Texas legislature to a
friend.
II can sympathize with the Bulgarians
I once lost several thousand dollars by not
being able to get a king when needed
one. Texas Siftings.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
She should Try a Clothes-Pin.

Mrs. Winkle-I do wish you could break
that awful habit of snoring.
Mr.. Winkle-Do | snore?
''Snore! Haven't 1 told you million
times you most drive me wild?"
My dear, you should be thankful that l
snore. A French scientist says people who
Snore never become Insane; so, you see,
whatever happens I'll never be crazy"
mo, but Pm afraid Fll be-"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
The Unities Preserved.
Texas Siftings.

Texas Strings.
ISIS" said bright Austin youth to his
sister, who was putting the finishing touches
on her toilet, you ought to marry burg
lar"
''What do you mean by such nonsense. y
81 mean that you and a burglar would
get along well together. You have got the
false locks and he has got the false keys. "
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23
CITY NOTICE.
OFFICE OF THE CITYf fTREAsURER,} }
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 15, 1887.


ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. Is, 1887.
All persons interes ed in the assessments
for
Grading of East Sixth street to a par
tial grade between Maria Avenue
and Hoffman Avenue;
Construction of a Sewer on Jackson
street, between Tenth street and
Eleventh street:
Construction of a Bridge at the juno
tion of Payne Avenue and Decatur
street;
Grading Arch street, from Jackson
street to Columbia street;
Change of Grade on Winifred street,
from State street to Bancroft street,
WILL TAKE NOTICE
That on the Sth dav of Jannarv, 1887, did
receive different warrants from the City
Comptroller of the City of st. Paul for the
collection of the above-named assessment.
The nature of the SC warrants is, that if you
fail to pay the assessment within
THIRTY DAYS
after the first publication OF this notice,
shall report you and your real estate so as
sessed as delinquent, and apply to the Dis
trict Court of the County of Ramsey, Mime
sofa, for judgment against your lands, lots,
blocks or parcels thereof so assessed, in-
Guiding interest, costs and expenses, and for
an order of the Court to sell the same for the
payment thereof.
GEORGE REFS, City Treasurer.
1926
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-23

man fails to catch the ball and throw it
against the wall above board placed at the
foot as telltale, the man who is in scores
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30
And So Speaking, He Passed On.

We are going home. Men shiver
at the idea that they are going to die;
but this world is only a nest. We
are scarcely hatched out of it here.
We do not know ourselves. We
have strange feelings that do not in
terpret themselves. The mortal in
us is crying for the immortal. AS in
the night the child, waking with
some vague and nsmeless terror,
cries out to express its fear and dread,
and its cry is interpreted in the
mothers heart. who runsto the child
and lays her hand upon it, and qui-
cts it to sleep again, so God hears our
disturbances, trials and tribulations
in life. Do you not suppose that He
who is goodness itself cares for you ?
Do you suppose that He whose royal
name is Love has less sympathy for
you than the mother has for her
babe? Let the world rock. Look
up, take courage, hope, and hope un-
to the end.-HeMy Ward Beecher IN
lKurch Brooklyn Magazine.